By Peter Tanshanomi
Thanks to the fertile minds of Greeks, Romans, sailors, fantasy authors, and peasants living in thatched roof cottages, there is a nearly limitless catalog (or, if you’re Chris Haining, “catalogue”) of fantastical, nonexistent creatures. And fortunately, most of them 1) sound like they’d be pretty badass, and 2) have been around long enough to be in the public domain. And as well all know, that combination makes them vehicle marketing gold. So, as we do every Monday, we invite you to start your workweek by helping us assemble the consummate list of these vehicles named after mythical creatures.
The Caveats (there are always caveats):
- “Mythical” means it is widely known and has been around a long time. Not just any made-up name counts. For example, Tiguan (half-tiger/half-iguana) sounds like a plausibly mythical creature, except that it was invented by a reader of Autobild magazine specifically for VW. [Buzzer sounds, trapdoor swings open.]
- Beyond that first big restriction, go hog wild. Manufacturer names, marques, sub-brands, models and trim lines are all good.
- Concept cars, one-offs, race cars are fair game, as long as the name was official bestowed by a manufacturer, coachbuilder, or famous customiser/designer.
- Motorcycles? Trucks? Sure.
- Airplanes? Oh, why not; I’m feeling particularly liberal today. Just don’t let it get out of hand. — Whaddaya think this is, Atomic Toasters?
- Boats or ships? NO, because they all get individually named and every potlicker with a dingy thinks he has to come up with a majestic name for the thing.
Difficulty: This one’s a gimmie. In fact, I was somewhat surprised that I hadn’t pitched this one previously.
How This Works: Read the comments first and don’t post duplicates! Bonus points for adding photos.
Image Sources: carandclassic.co.uk, gmheritagecenter.com, Honda press photo that can be found about 20 gazillion places on the ‘net.
Robert Crespo 
Jeff Glucker 
Kamil Kaluski
Low hanging fruit: TVR Chimaera
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/TVR_Chimaera.jpg
Chimaera is not a fruit.
Isn’t it something usually found at Home Depot, or being sold on the roadside along with those giant towels with NFL logos? The thing you put on your patio, and burn wood in, on chilly evenings?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Chimenea-20080706.jpg
I thought you got those at Chipotle with a side of guac?
No, that’s e coli.
Rotflmao. That’s a bong, duude….
…and (in the NEARLY named after a mythical creature category); Cerbera.
Nota Chimera race car built in Sydney, Australia
TVR Griffith
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/TVR_Griffith_-_Flickr_-_mick_-_Lumix.jpg
Ferrari Enzo. Considering most Ferrari fans, I’m pretty sure that this counts. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x-5qBG1_Heg/VIL-JX2qMjI/AAAAAAAACD4/Ucul9TXgL3k/s1600/Ferrari-Enzo-0.jpg
Aircraft answer: Saab JAS 39 Gripen (the English translation of Gripen is Griffon).
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Saab-JAS-39_at_ILA_2010_05.jpg/1280px-Saab-JAS-39_at_ILA_2010_05.jpg
Moveable canards FTW!
Similarly: Draken, or “The Dragon”
http://cdn.paper4pc.com/images/air-aircraft-fighter-force-jet-military-saab-swedish-35-draken-wallpaper-1.jpg
Quit yer gripen!
Another Griffon, also aircraft-related (an English one this time):
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/awa01/601-700/awa618-Griffon-engine-Chetwynd-Chatwin/01.jpg
Low hanging fruit: Ford Thunderbird.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/T-bird.jpg/640px-T-bird.jpg
Pontiac 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http://img.pandawhale.com/150855-Will-Smith-I-saw-that-going-di-LSiw.gif
This seems apropos:
Is that the one still driving around here in San Diego?
Pontiac Phoenix:
And of course the Phoenix Consortium / Phoenix Four: https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/11/1249979440152/John-Towers-001.jpg?w=620&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=89e8a522f8978ea95947af50618e2812
The Hound of Hades had hell to pay for its ownership of Chrysler.
https://myth-wiki-ology.wikispaces.com/file/view/Cerberus.jpg/33369515/463×389/Cerberus.jpg
That’s another TVR, though they named theirs after the bitch so Cerbera not Cerberus
http://www.justdriveasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tvr_cerbera_4500_lightweight_41.jpg
Hercules.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Hercules_vehicle.jpg
Hercules
http://www.ronsusser.com/listings/images/16090/123561.jpg
Hercules
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules.jpg/640px-Lockheed_C-130_Hercules.jpg
Hercules
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/MIM-14_Nike-Hercules_02.jpg
Moto Guzzi Ercole (italian for Hercules)
http://www.coys.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cars/1955-moto-guzzi-ercole-motocarro/51_258_02.jpg
Hellcat?
http://media.caranddriver.com/images/14q4/638369/2015-dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-manual-test-review-car-and-driver-photo-643500-s-original.jpg
And the airborne equivalent:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/F6F-3_over_California_1943.jpg
I highly approve of this.
Buick made a Hellcat, too.
http://m18hellcat.com/m18hellcat/Home_files/shapeimage_1.png
This is low hanging fruit.
http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/legacy_thumbnail/750×422/quality/95/http://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/370/272/1/S3702721/slug/l/01-2016-nissan-titan-fd-1.jpg
F-150? Oh wait….
Jowett Jupiter http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/jowett/2542724.jpg
Here’s a two-for-one, the Goliath Atlas!
http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/201212/03/14/a0231314_18243840.jpg
Again, Lane Motor provides the answer.
The Standard Atlas. Despite one or two TR Triumph bits lurking in there the performance was most definitely below standard.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Atlas_van_with_side_windows_first_registered_September_1959_948cc.JPG
In contrast to the turning radius, which presumably was far bigger than standard…
The steering was vague as well. When I was five, a neighbour had one of these and I remember him saying that it worked better as a shed than a van. It got retired to that position when the new Bedfords arrived but the leaks and rust stopped that lasting long. Even as a shed, stationary, it’s performance was substandard.
And as a vehicle design, even in it’s aim for mediocrity, it was below standard.
Aston Martin Nimrod
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hfBRfto2v8Q/UTJrMSihwJI/AAAAAAAAGzc/Q30PrYjjJRA/s1600/1.jpg
Another Nimrod:
http://media.defenceindustrydaily.com/images/AIR_Nimrod_MRA4_Irish_Sea_lg.jpg
…and a Nimrod that DID turn out to be mythical:
http://www.spyflight.co.uk/images/JPGS/BAE%20Nimrod%20AEW3/5-9-2002-16-54-nimrod_aew.jpg
Gremlin
http://www.productioncars.com/send_file.php/amc_gremlin_gray_1971.jpg
I thought those only lived inside Lucas electronics.
All hail Lucas – the Prince of Darkness.
Aston Martin Vulcan
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/06/30/20/2A1E0F2D00000578-3144997-image-m-41_1435691300591.jpg
Obvious counterpart: is obvious:
http://mpacreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/D4_0370.jpg
http://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/NC7_Vulcan413201560903PM63.jpg
http://www.autominded.net/brochure/buick/Apollo%201973%2001.jpg
Apollo by Gumpert
http://gumpertownersclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Gumpert-Apollo-S-3.jpg
Apollo by Ducati
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Ducati_apollo.jpg
Holden Apollo
Apollo by North American Aviation
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Apollo_CSM_lunar_orbit.jpg/605px-Apollo_CSM_lunar_orbit.jpg
Is that Toyota Camry for the rest of the world? That’s whole new level of obscure..
No just a badge-engineering job for Australia. Holden and Toyota had a joint venture for a few years, also shared Corolla and Commodore. There was a drive from the govt to cut down the number of models built to improve scale. Not many of the rebadged models sold well.
Dodge Demon. 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http://tanshanomi.com/temp/image-macros/doyouevenknowhow.jpg
My phone hates me today.
Mercury
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ea/4e/55/ea4e558b548105a8cb10939e291082fa.jpg
A different kind of car company.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Polidoro_da_Caravaggio_-_Saturnus-thumb.jpg
Polaris Dragon
http://www.snowmobile.com/images/content/2dragon0609.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/COTS2Dragon.6.jpg/800px-COTS2Dragon.6.jpg
This Dragon even comes with an extendable trunk:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Dragon_spacecraft_press_and_unpress_sections.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_%28spacecraft%29
http://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Cyclops/57-Cyclops-II_DV-12-AI-02.jpg
If the Cyclops II isn’t legit enough for you, how about a brand named after a winged horse?
http://assets.blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2013/03/1954PegasoZ102_02_1500.jpg
I’m sure Prof Harrell has one of those Cyclops for commuting purposes. And if he doesn’t, he should.
On reflection, if he had one it would have to be the upmarket ‘Vanden Plas’ like ‘Royale’ version.
http://sbiii.com/cyclops/cyclopix/miscel07.jpg
Hydra Spyder, to skirt the boat prohibition.
https://www.carsbase.com/photo/CAMI-Hydra_Spyder_mp357_pic_46092.jpg
Troll – a Norwegian car
Rolls Royce Phantom – if you don’t believe in ghosts.
And the airborne equivalent:
Phantom
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/F-4B_VMFA-513_1964.jpg
Bigfoot
http://super-cars-365.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/131_0708_04_z1977_2007_anniversary_monster_truckbigfoot_5.jpg
Probably related to the Skoda Yeti?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/motoring2/2015/12/01/08-skoda-yeti-fuel-economy-2-large_trans++5yQLQqeH37t50SCyM4-zeERf_Wk3V23H2268P_XkPxc.jpg
Here be monsters.
http://davesbikebrochures.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/4/5/4845046/4338706_orig.jpg
Another Tuesday answer: Hesketh Vampire
http://www.classicdriver.com/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_slider/public/article_images/hesketh_motorcycles_05.jpg
And the airborne equivalent:
Why am I suddenly thinking that “airborne equivalent” is going to become a local mini-meme?
Frame Tubing: check
Engine: check
Seat: check
Flies: check
They are all actually the same things!!
The Toaster has not been giving off much radiation lately, unfortunately…
Volkswagen Eos and Oldsmobile Aurora are named after the same mythological figure
http://media.caranddriver.com/images/06q2/267359/2007-volkswagen-eos-photo-8983-s-429×262.jpg
http://imganuncios.mitula.net/2001_oldsmobile_aurora_4dr_sdn_3_5l_7890055421803726683.jpg
And the airborne equivalent of the Aurora:
/dons tinfoil hat
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/12/01/23A34C3200000578-2855795-image-3_1417449405003.jpg
Canada’s version of the P-3 Orion is called “Aurora”, so we can put up an actual pic. Also, let’s chuck in a Neptune and Argus while we’re at it… http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/assets/AIRFORCE_Internet/images/aircraft-current/cp-140/CP-140.jpg http://www.canadianwings.com/cmsAdmin/uploads/aircraft/gallery/Argus53.jpg http://jproc.ca/rrp/rrp3/neptune_photo.jpg
No,man; you can clearly see the “doughnuts on a rope” contrail!
Now, to just fit that “Compressive External Combustion” thingie on
my Ferd Exploder…..
Thunderbird.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/T-bird.jpg
Sorry – I have to use the Lane Motor pic.
http://www.nemomini.org/nemo/images%5Cgallery%5CLane%20Motor%20Museum%5CZundapp%20Janus.jpg
Yeahhhh…really wasn’t intending to include Gods and other mythical humans, but these things rarely stay on course for very long.
Um…my copy of Bullfinch’s Mythology would disagree about gods not belonging.
Tanshanomi is Hellenist.
I was thinking along the lines of “mythical animals“, but it serves me right for not saying what I meant.
Jupiter/Zeus used to show up as a swan and boink young lovelies. Ergo: creature.
Well, that makes perfect sense, because girls won’t usually sleep with total strangers, but, hey — random waterfowl? No problem.
Hey, I hear that SWAN used to drive a Saab, so…
Citroen DS Pallas – Pallas was the daughter of Triton, messenger of the sea.
That was my first answer, especially since the DS is often pronounced Déesse, French for goddess. I’ll throw in the other Citroen goddess, Dyane, or Diana. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Citroen_Dyane_6.jpg
And of course the Citroen CX Athena: http://www.lrm-collection.fr/Photo_big_Citroen_Cx-athena_1979_842_4.jpg
Banshee
http://mla-s1-p.mlstatic.com/llanta-trasera-original-yamaha-para-banshee-mg-bikes-4167-MLA2828430395_062012-O.jpg
There were some Pontiac Banshees too.
And the airborne equivalent:
http://www.ecardmodels.com/media/wysiwyg/Images/Skyline/F2H-3_Banshee_ver1/Banshee4.jpg
Kaiser Dragon
Ducati XDiavel… I would think the devil himself should count…
http://www.ducatiusa.com/cms-web/upl/MediaGalleries/323/1/MediaGallery_1323853/Color_XDiavel_01_1067x600.jpg
Internet law requires me to post…
The Diablo made me do it.
http://cars.definitivelist.com/wp-content/uploads/lamborghini/diablo/lamborghini-diablo.jpg
Another dragon: the 1958 Dongfeng Golden Dragon – one of China’s early cars.
So old they found it with the terracotta army?
Hillman Imp
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/MHV_Hillman_Imp_01.jpg
And Riley Imp
http://www.fantasyjunction.com/img/cars/xlarge/42273.jpg
I’ll throw in the Riley Elf
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Riley_Elf.jpg/220px-Riley_Elf.jpg
A twofer: Atlas-Centaur (stretching the “airplane” clause a bit)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Surveyor_1_launch.jpg/480px-Surveyor_1_launch.jpg
There are a number of Centaur motorcycles:
http://motorcycle-specs.com/general/Moto_Guzzi_V10_Centauro_1997.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FaM6E-5du0Q/VqkZ9u-CNsI/AAAAAAAAr94/ojdVXo6DzOQ/s1600/Centaur_girls.jpg
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/8/84/Im031118Mot-Centaur.jpg
…and who can forget the Rupp Centaur?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Rupp_Centaur_Ad.jpg
I wish you hadn’t posted that.
I had only just managed to forget the Rupp Centaur.
Also :GMC Centaur concept
El Dustbuster Camino?
Riley Elf.
http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/uploads/cms_article/3701_3800/1961-1969-riley-elf-3716_6928_969X727.jpg
Toyota Gaia, because the ancient Greek name for Mother Earth is a natural fit for a wagony, MPV…thing…
http://avto-russia.ru/autos/toyota/photo/toyota_gaia_1280x1024.jpg
Toyota seems to think that small MPVs are worthy of gods.
https://www.toyotarentacar.net/lineup/wagon/w1_01/images/ph_01.jpg
So did BMC with the Morris Isis.
Toyota likes that name
It’s the large ‘Technical” market, dontcha know…..
Dodge Ares
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/1984_Dodge_Aries_coupe_front_left.jpg/1920px-1984_Dodge_Aries_coupe_front_left.jpg
and dont forget the ford taurus the competitor of the aires!
In Scouts, we’d send the new boys out Snipe Hunting.
Hell, it was 10 years before I knew a snipe was a bird! We told the new Scouts it was like a weasel or a marsupial. So I’m adding this for all the Scouts who was ever left in the dark with a bag.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Humber_Super_Snipe_Series_V_July_1966_2965cc_next_to_slightly_older_Super_Snipe.JPG
Snipes always make me think of this ad.
Handley Page Hermes
http://www.f-g-s.co.uk/images_large/miscellany/blackbushe/35.jpg
A girl I know got Hermes. She slept with a swan.
Fortunately, that is a viral infection WITHOUT an air-borne equivalent.
This thread will never end…Mazda is named after the god of the Zoroastrians, Ahura Mazda http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/stargaterenaissance/images/c/c6/Ahura_mazda_symbol.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130924060400
If anything it’s strange there aren’t more cars called Pegasus (or Pegaso, in this case), given that the original did function as transportation.
http://www.philseed.com/files/images/pegaso-102-6.jpg
Aprilia has a Tuesday example for Pegaso.
http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/201202/2012-aprilia-pegaso-650-t-8_1600x0w.jpg
In Japanese folklore, a Kappa is some sort of turtle spirit that drowns people in water. In Italian folklore, a Lancia is a car that drowns people in debt from repair bills.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Lancia_Kappa_front_20110130.jpg
Vauxhall Wyvern.
http://www.classicandsportscar.ltd.uk/images_catalogue/large/vaux_wyv_01_946.jpg
Plus the Westland Wyvern https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Westland_Wyvern_S_Mk.4.jpg
Aha! The airborne equivalent!
The Moon Motor Car Company produced a car called the Diana (goddess of the moon) from 1925-1928.
And again, there’s a Tuesday equivalent:
http://www.hogranch.com/cw-munro/nov1964-ducati1.jpg
SAMAS Yeti
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Tsf-t_mqSxc/TMWRjKyHTbI/AAAAAAAAnCM/wUky5dGvon0/s800/1972%20SAMAS%20Yeti%20903_01.jpg
Minerva
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/2e/f3/a7/2ef3a72a68e16ed578eb61abc7ce56b6.jpg
Austin-Healey Sprite
http://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Austin-Healey/60-AH_Buggeye-Sprite-MK1-DV-12-GG_d010.jpg
Gilbern Genie
http://www.simoncars.co.uk/gilbern/slides/Gilbern%20Genie%20MkII%20front.jpg
Bohanna Stables Nymph
http://www.classic-kitcars.com/images/imgtxt/700/1213396264-nymph-001.jpg
Two more ‘airborne equivalents’:
Valkyrie
http://i60.fastpic.ru/big/2013/1029/1c/c51b5d5bb684dd3ddb893d9c4f1b301c.jpg
Goblin
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin_USAF_%28Cropped%29.jpg
Fiat Mephistopheles
https://becauseblogdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/fiat-mephistopheles.jpg
Another Tuesday answer, the Triumph Thunderbird
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Triumph_Thunderbird.JPG/800px-Triumph_Thunderbird.JPG
How about the Ford Courier Sasquatch?
http://www.darkforestcreature.com/Courier/1980fordcourier4x4.jpg
From what I can find, since the Courier was never offered with four wheel drive from the factory, a company called Northwest ATV in Kelso Washington converted about 1500 Couriers to 4WD from ’75 to ’79, which where sold as the Ford Courier Sasquatch, in the WA, OR, CA, and ID markets only
Elfin sports and racing cars from Adelaide South Australia. This is a 360 powered by a Repco V8